CVE-2026-40311

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: April 13, 2026 (30 days ago)
Last Modified: April 13, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in ImageMagick. This heap use-after-free vulnerability can be triggered when processing an invalid XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) profile. An attacker could craft a malicious image file that, when read and processed by ImageMagick, may lead to a crash, resulting in a denial of service.

CWE

CWE-825

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 github.com 🔗 github.com